Tire carrier and body construction



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JFu erflhr Fred 31.5 9a)??? ffarw ys Dec. 20, 1938. F, BISZANTZ TIRE CARRIER AND BODY CONSTRUCTION 7 Sheets-Sheei 7 Filed Oct. 22, 1937 Patented Dec. 20, 1938 y rma'cmma Y z -UNITEDI STATES PATENT OFFICE i 2,140,015 2 Fred Biszantl, Gallon, Ohio, assignor to The Galion Metallic Vault Company,'Galion, Ohio,

a corporation of Ohio 'lCiaims.

This invention relates to body constructions and, in particular, to dump body constructions and the provision therein of tire and/or wheel carrying means.

It is an object of this invention to provide a dump body construction wherein means is provided for supporting and protectively enclosing one or more spare tires.

It is a"further object of this invention to provide, in such a body, tire enclosing and carrying means providing for the support of a spare wheel and tire from a movable or tiltable dump body.

It is a further object of this invention to provide such means whereby a spare wheel and tire may be rigidly secured to the lower side of a movable dump truck body and enclosed .by the tire mounting and enclosing means for movement upwardly with the dump body during tilt- ;ing movement thereof.

It is a further object of this invention to provide, in such a construction, means on the subframe-or supporting frame for the tilting dump body adapted to cooperate with the tire and wheel supporting and enclosing means on the .dump body in such manner as to provide full enclosure thereoi when the body is in its lowermost or substantially horizontal position.

It is a'further object of this invention to provide, in such a construction, means providing for removal of the tire and/or wheel from the enclosure provided by the -body construction.

It is a further object of this invention to provide, in such a construction, means providing for removal of the tire and wheel laterally from the enclosure provided in the bodyconstruction.

It is a further object of this invention to provide, in such a construction, means adapted, when the dump body is in its lowermost or substantially horizontal position, to provide full enclosure of the wheel and tire and to provide for ease of removal of the wheel and tire upon slight tilting of the dump body to provide access thereto. It is a further object of this invention to provide such means which is particularly adapted to receive, house and" support a plurality of wheels and tires.

It is a further object of this invention to provide such a construction wherein the wheel and. tire supporting and enclosing means is so disposed as to occupy space which was, in prior constructions, merely waste space.

3 These and other objects and advantages will appear from the following description taken! connection with the drawings. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a dump car truck body exhibiting one form of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

' Fig.4 is a longitudinal section similar to Fig. 3,

but showing the dump truck body in hoisted posi- 1 tion;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 shows inside elevation a dump truck body embodying a slightly different form 01 applicants invention;

Fig. 7 is a partial plan view oi a dump truck body constructed with the carrying compartment slightly modified to enable lateral access thereto, but otherwise similar tothe construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 8 is a plan view, similar to Fig. '7, with the member lb thereof removed and the tire shown partway out of its compartment, to illustrate the manner of tire removal;

Fig. 9 is a transverse section on the line 99 of Fig. 7

Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section on the line ill-J0 of Fig. 7, the line of section being at right angles to. that of Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a transverse section on the line l|-li of Fig. 8, illustrating the manner of tire removal without hoisting of the body;

Fig. 12 is a longitudinal sectional view through the body, illustrating a further modification; v

Fig. 13 is a transverse sectional view on the line i3-il of Fig. 12 but showing the truck body slightly elevated above the subframe;

Fig. 14 is a longitudinal section through the body of a truck showing the tire compartment welded to plate I! but free of the floor'oi the body;

Fig. 15 is a transverse section on the line i 5i 5 of Fig. 14, showing the compartment welded to the plate 18 and plate It welded to the subframe. In this construction the tire'is free of the truckbody, and may be removed either by taking member 3b away, or by hoisting the body, in which case side member 311 will be carried with the body, and the tire exposed;

Fig. 16 is a side elevation of a truck body, in hoisted position showing the tire compartment secured to the subirame, as in Figs. 14 and 15, with the member lb omitted;

Fig. 17 is a view in side elevation illustrating a further modification;

Fig. 18 is a plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 17. with the truck body floor broken away to show the subframe structure below, doors being shown in broken lines controlling admission to the tire compartments;

Fig. 19 is a view in side elevation of the invention shown in Figs. 17 and 18, with the truck body in hoisted position;

Fig. 20 is a transverse sectional, detail view on the line 2020 of Fig. 18; I

Fig. 21 is a sectional detail view on the line 2I-2l of Fig, 17, and

Fig. 22 is a sectional detail view on the line 22-22 of Fig. 17. v

Referring to the drawings in detafl and with reference to Figures 1 and 2, the body illustrated therein comprises a sub-frame formed of suitably braced side members I and front and rear members 2, which subframe is adapted to be rigidly 1 secured tothe truck vehicle chassis. The tiltabl e body frame comprises a pair of side members 3,

each provided adjacent its rear with a downwardly depending bracket 4 rigidly secured thereto. Each bracket 4 is pivotally secured at 8 to the rear end of a side member I of the sub-frame.

Disposed transversely of the side members 3 and rigidly secured thereto by suitable means, such as welding, are the transverse channel members 6 having the floor of the body, general- 1 designated 1, rigidly secured thereto, asby welding. The side members 8, transverse channel members 8 and body I are thus rigidly secured together for swinging movement upwardly in clockwise direction about the pivot 8 due to the provision of the brackets 4 on the side members 3. Any suitable means may be provided for causing upward tilting movement of the body frame and body with respect to the sub-frame I, 2, and the particular means illustrated is most clearly described, illustrated and claimed in my copending application Serial No. 172,098, filed Nov. 1, 1937.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5. Adjacent the front of the body, the side members 3 are bowed or bent outwardly to form arcuate portions 3:; (Fig-- ure 1) adapted to accommodate the pan member '8 which is disposed therebetween and which has its upper or closed surface rigidly secured, as by welding, to the floor of the body 'I. The lower side of the pan member 81s open and provided with a marginal outwardly extending circumfer' ential flange 9.

Centrally disposed in the pan member 8 and rigidly secured thereto, as by welding, are a plurality of suitable circumferentially spaced studs provided with suitable nuts III. The studs are adapted to extend through apertures I2 in a spare wheel II having a tire I 3 thereon, and by means of the nuts II), the wheel II may be rigid- 1y secured within the pan member 8 to the upper inner wall of the pan member 8 which is secured rigidly to the floor of the body I.

In order to provide additional support for the tire and wheel in the lowermost or retracted position of the body, a plurality of transversely arranged strap members I 4 are provided, which strap members extend transversely between the side members I and are rigidly secured at each end to oneof the side members I in suitable manner, as by means of welding. When the body is in its lowered-or retracted position, the strap members I4 engage the supported tire I 31 toprovide anti-rattle support for the wheel and tire The spare wheel and tire are thus fully protected and are easily removable from the pan 8 by elevating. the pivoted dump body I to a suitable degree. Due to the welding of the pan member 8 directly to the lower side of the dump body "I, substantial added rigidity is imparted from the cross-members I4, when the body is raised, and shows the position of the tire and wheel for removal, when the bodyis in said position. l

The construction illustrated in Figures 6 to 11 is broadly similar to that illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, but the bowed or bent portion of one of the side members 3 is made separate from the member 1 and is designated 3b in Figure 7. This member has bracket members 30 rigidly secured at either end and adapted to be connected by means of bolts I 5 to the side member 341 and to any suitable depending means provided on the body adjacent itsopposite end.

Likewise, the strap members I4 are omitted and the plate member I8 substituted therefor and rigidly secured, as by welding, to the hoist subframe to provide a rest for the tire and wheel.

The pan member 8 is secured-to the lower side of the front portion of the body! in the same manner as in the construction illustrated in Figures 1 to 4, and the manner in which the wheel and tire are secured in the pan member 8 is also the same as that illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 and described above. The continuity of the "plate member I6 provides for full enclosure of the lower side of the pan member 8 due to engagement of the flange 9 thereof with the plate member I8.

It is unnecessary, in the construction illustrated in Figures 6 to 11, to elevate the body I in order to remove the tire and wheel from the pan member 8 because, by removal of bolts I5 and subsequent removal of the member 31:, the pan member 8 is opened at one side in order to permit withdrawal of the wheel and tire from the enclosure.- The plate member I8, pan member 8 and member 3b thus form, in effect, a pocket for enclosing the tire and wheel, which may be closed or opened for ease of access to the interior thereof by means of the removability of the member 3b.

If desired, in the construction illustrated in Figures 6 to 11, the supporting studs and nuts I0 may be omitted and the plate member I8, in-

stead ofbeing secured to thesub-frame, may

be separate therefrom, although adapted to rest thereupon and weldeddirectly to the flange 9 of the pan member 8, as shown in Figs. 12 and 13. This forms an enclosure which is rigidly attached to the body I and which moves therewith.

Likewise, the plate member I8 may be rigidly by the plate member I6, pan member 8 and mem ber 3b may be had, either by elevating the body or' by removal of the member 317, as above described.

In the case of this latter construction, the

members 3 may be both made continuous with bent portions 3a because, upon elevation of the body I through suitable angle, access may be had to the open side of the enclosure formed by the pan member 8 and plate member Hi. In Fig. 16 is shown a side elevation of the body of this construction, in hoisted position. The tire compartment is secured to the sub-frame as in Figs. 14 and 15, but the member 3b is omitted, the channel 3 being continuous. The tire is thus accessible only by hoisting of the body.

In Figures 1'7 to 22 inclusive, I have illustrated a second modified structure wherein a plurality of wheels and tires may be enclosed and supported for easy removal, irrespective of the angular position of the body I,

- ing the pan members 8 which are secured to the bottom of the body I in the same manner as in the constructions of Figures 1 to 4. The lower sides of these pan members are closed by the plates l6 rigidly secured to the flanges 9 in the above-described manner, and suitable doormeans as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 18 and for the two tire compartments, is provided in the outer side of each pan member 8. Y

Each pan member 8, in the construction illus trated in Figures 17 and 18, is formed in the same manner and of substantially the same form as the corresponding members illustrated in Figures 3 and 4. lf'he pockets formed by the pan members 8, plates l6 and doors for the pockets are rigidly secured to the body I to move therewith, andaccess to the pockets for removal of the tires and wheels therein may be had irrespective of the angular position of the body I, with respect to the sub-frame I, 2.

In order to provide'stop means on the members l for supporting the members 3 in the retracted or substantially horizontal position of the body I, I have provided a plurality of block members I I suitably spaced and secured to a lower flange of each member i and adapted to be engaged bythe lower flange of the longitudinal or side member 3, when the body 1 takes the retracted or substantially horizontal position as illustrated in Figures 17 and 18. These blocks Il may be formed of any suitable material, and where it is desired to provide cushioning means between the members I and 3, they are formed of structure is merely illustrative of the manner in 1 which the principles of my invention may be utilized and that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as come within the scope of the claims and the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a dump truck, a frame, a body swingable on said frame, separable complementary members carried by said frame and said body and engageable in the lowered position of said body to form an enclosure for a spare tire, and means associated with said enclosure for holding a spare tire therein.

2. In a dump truck, a, frame, a body swingable on said frame, separable complementary members carried by said frame and said body and engageable in the lowered position of said body to'form a support and an enclosure for a spare wheel and tire, and means connected to one of said members for attaching a spare tire and wheel thereto. y

3. In a dump truck, a frame member, a body member swingable thereon, enclosing means on one of said members for enclosing a spare tire, means associated with said enclosing means and connected to one of said members for attaching a spare tire disposed therein, and means on the other member providing a rest for said tire and preventing its removal when the body is in lowered position on said frame.

4. In a dump truck, a frame, a dump body swingable thereon, spare tire supporting and enclosing means on said swingable dump body having an opening therein and swingable with said body, and means on said frame disposed over said opening in the lowered position of said body and removed from said opening in elevated positions, of said body to provide free access to said opening.

5. In a dump truck, a chassis supported subframe, longitudinal side members on said subframe, longitudinal 'side members on 'said body supporting frame pivotally secured to the rear portion of said sub-frame, said last-named side members having downwardly bent forward portions, and means associated with said downwardly bent portions for providing a spare tire enclosure and adapted for telescopic engagement with the forward portions of the side members on cluding longitudinal frame members pivoted on said sub-frame, said longitudinal frame members having outwardly bent portions for accommodating a spare tire enclosure and atleast one of said longitudinal frame members having a removable portion providing access to said spare tire enclosure.

FRED BISZAN'IZ. 

